Union County, Iowa

27 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

14 entries from Iowa WZDx Feed and 2 from Iowa 511 events (Iowa Department of Transportation) for this county, in their latest reads.

• Iowa WZDx Feed: 14 entries for this county · Iowa Department of Transportation · read 17 min ago
• Iowa 511 events: 2 entries for this county · Iowa Department of Transportation · read 14 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

3 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

5 reports in the last 6 hours, none published as an event.

• Ringgold County: Creston man charged with domestic assault in Mount Ayr · Creston News Advertiser · 1 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Creston Police: Officers serve two warrants Tuesday · Creston News Advertiser · 2 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• New MRI machine will decrease patient outsourcing · Creston News Advertiser · 5 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Remember when... · Creston News Advertiser · 5 h ago
• Fuel relief available for farmers during harvest season · Creston News Advertiser · 5 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

Wastewater site 543: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1, within the usual weekly level for this site.

• Wastewater site 543: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 543: influenza A level 2.66 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT
• Wastewater site 543: RSV level 1 · within the usual weekly level for this site · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · Oct 17, 7:00 PM CDT

• CDC wastewater data for viral activity level (SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, RSV): 3 entries for this county · CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System · read 15 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

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Quiet

• Layoff and closure notices (WARN): No notice naming a place here in the last 30 days · Iowa Workforce Development · read 2 h ago
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Midwest (PADD 2), week of 2026-10-19: $4.145 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 5,685 jobs (5,897 a year earlier); $1,055 average weekly wage ($987 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Iowa Workforce Development Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 23 min ago

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 10:56 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 13 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 2 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register nominations (Federal Register)
  Creston Uptown Historic District, Roughly bound by Mills, Pine, Adams, and Division Streets, Creston (Union County, Iowa), reference SG100013547: nominated, comments due 2026-10-15. National Park Service (Federal Register)
• National Register listings (NPS)
  6 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 11:06 AM CDT.